Mazmur 48:12

48:12 Walk around ¹  Zion! Encircle it!

Count its towers!

Mazmur 104:23

104:23 Men then go out to do their work,

and labor away until evening. ² 

Mazmur 109:23

109:23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ³ 

I am shaken off like a locust.

[48:12]  ¹ tn The verb forms in vv. 12-13 are plural; the entire Judahite community is addressed.

[104:23]  ² tn Heb “man goes out to his work, and to his labor until evening.”

[109:23]  ³ tn Heb “like a shadow when it is extended I go.” He is like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.